Pre-Stage 2

The car was simply too slow with the 1600!. Plans now are to fit a fast 2L Pinto with twin sidedrafts etc etc etc! Firstly i will fit a mildly worked 2L with standard re-jetted single carb as the 45's are very expensive. I will add them to a more worked head and larger cam and bolt it to my block at a later date.

I want to do some other jobs such as modify the seat mounts so the seats sit back about 2-3 inches. (im too tall for this car!) Anyone know an easy way to do this? The normal 2L jobs need to be done such as battery to the boot (to make way for the webers :)) And tunnel / radiator mount mods need to be carried out too.

I made some other improvements to the car prior to taking the motor out such as moving the guages from around the steering column to up on the dashpad and replacing the el-cheapo tacho with an Autometer version. Escort fans will also notice i fitted a much better centre console to take my stereo. The stereo is currently a sony cd/tuner with 6.5 components in the front and 6x9's in the back... sounds ok but soon i will add a sub and amp.

Other things i want to do b4 stage 2 is complete is redo my suspension properly. Fit Nolathane bushes, decent shocks and reset the leaf springs. I would like to fit 15" wheels if i can sell the us-800's... or i may get them chromed? Not sure yet.

Click on to stage 2 to see the final result - for now ;-)